Search continues for missing girl

Published: Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 08:06 AM.

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — Nearly a dozen local, state and federal investigators searched the home and the property of missing Rowan County teenager Erica Parsons all day Wednesday.

Parsons, 15, has been missing for nearly two years.

Police had the road near the home shut down around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators could be seen loading evidence into a truck. Investigators also took pictures in and around the home of Parsons' adoptive parents.

Police were stopping and turning drivers around if they didn't live on the street. They reopened the street late Wednesday night.

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — Nearly a dozen local, state and federal investigators searched the home and the property of missing Rowan County teenager Erica Parsons all day Wednesday.

Parsons, 15, has been missing for nearly two years.

Police had the road near the home shut down around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators could be seen loading evidence into a truck. Investigators also took pictures in and around the home of Parsons' adoptive parents.

Police were stopping and turning drivers around if they didn't live on the street. They reopened the street late Wednesday night.

Authorities have not said specifically what they are searching for.

One neighbor said she saw some of the Parsons children at the home Wednesday and was told by investigators that Sandy and Casey Parsons, Erica's parents, were also there.

Neighbors said the scene on their street is almost surreal.

"One police officer showed up and next thing you know there was probably 25 or 30 cars there," said Jerry Fairbank. "They are going in the house. They are walking around the house."

Investigators searching Erica Parsons' home

"They started coming around to each of the houses and interviewing us. We spoke with one of the deputies this morning and gave him our written statement," said Patti Miller, another neighbor.

Rowan County Sheriff's Office asked the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to create an age-progression photo of Erica.

On Wednesday afternoon, neighbors said they hope all of this leads to answers one way or another.

Carolyn Parsons said in the past that she did not want to talk until she had sat down with investigators, but on Wednesday she would not even comment on that.

Deputies said James Parsons, Erica's stepbrother, was the last known person to see her alive in November of 2011.

Then two weeks ago, James contacted police about her disappearance.

Erica is 15 years old and stands 4 feet 5 inches tall, weighing less than 100 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.